Fifield | |
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 Main street. The Fifield Hotel is on the right. | |
  Fifield | |
| Coordinates: 32°48′S147°28′E / 32.800°S 147.467°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 287 (2011 census) [1] |
| Postcode | 2875 |
Fifield is a small town in central New South Wales, renowned for its deposits of alluvial gold and platinum, as well as the companies trying to find their source. The name is also used for the surrounding area for postal and statistical purposes. At the 2011 census, Fifield and the surrounding area had a population of 287 people. [1]
The area now known as Fifield lies on the traditional land of Wiradjuri people. [2]
The Village of Fiefield was proclaimed on 30 July 1896. [3] However, the village seems to have been more commonly known as Fifield from its earliest days. [4] The village, tank, and cemetery called Fiefield, were renamed, Fifield, officially, in 1979. [5]
Fiefield Post Office opened on 6 September 1893, was renamed Fifield in 1894 and closed in 1981. [6] There was a school, always known as Fifield, from July 1894 to August 1973. [7] The village has a cemetery, [8] [9] and a 'tank'—or ground tank, an excavated water reservoir, [10] typically found further west, in more arid areas of New South Wales than Fifield.
The main street, Slee Street, is named after William Henry John Slee.
